<p class="title">A woman who decamped with gold jewellery and cash, under the pretext of telling ‘shastra’, in Baichanahalli extension, in the town a few days ago, was arrested by the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi (Nagamma), a native of Hiriyuru village in Chitradurga, is the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi Devaraju from Baichanahalli had filed a complaint to the police in this connection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi, the accused, had promised the victim of removing all difficulties by performing some ritual.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused asked the owner of the house to drop the gold and cash in a steel box. Later, the accused gave a juice laced with a sedative to Lakshmi to drink.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the victim came under the influence of the sedative and turned drowsy, the accused decamped with 300 grams of gold and Rs 31,000 in cash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the guidance of DySP Shailendra and Circle Inspector Mahesh, Police Inspector Ganesh formed a team to nab the accused, on the basis of CCTV camera footage in the town.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DySP Shailendra has requested the people to be cautious about the inter-district thieves who are targeting innocent people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similar instances have occurred in the weekly shandy and in the surrounding villages, he added.</p>
<p class="title">A woman who decamped with gold jewellery and cash, under the pretext of telling ‘shastra’, in Baichanahalli extension, in the town a few days ago, was arrested by the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi (Nagamma), a native of Hiriyuru village in Chitradurga, is the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi Devaraju from Baichanahalli had filed a complaint to the police in this connection.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakshmi, the accused, had promised the victim of removing all difficulties by performing some ritual.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused asked the owner of the house to drop the gold and cash in a steel box. Later, the accused gave a juice laced with a sedative to Lakshmi to drink.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the victim came under the influence of the sedative and turned drowsy, the accused decamped with 300 grams of gold and Rs 31,000 in cash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the guidance of DySP Shailendra and Circle Inspector Mahesh, Police Inspector Ganesh formed a team to nab the accused, on the basis of CCTV camera footage in the town.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DySP Shailendra has requested the people to be cautious about the inter-district thieves who are targeting innocent people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similar instances have occurred in the weekly shandy and in the surrounding villages, he added.</p>